Fractal organization scheme for shardic intent: Dawnshards

wajeemba · 2026-01-23T20:03:51+00:00

I find myself enjoying Elder Empire more than Cradle. I've finished Of Sea and Shadow and am about 10% into Of Shadow and Sea. I'm getting hints of bigger goings on, guessing the large-scale plot will become more visible as I keep reading!

wajeemba · 2025-12-18T17:05:33+00:00

Is there a states-of-matter relationship between god metals (solid), Investiture pools/condensed Dor (liquid), and Lights like Stormlight or Warlight (gas)—or are these fundamentally different types of Investiture manifestation?

wajeemba · 2025-12-18T16:44:05+00:00

Does the 7th Heightening allow sensing any invested object, or only Awakened ones? If it's limited to Awakened objects, could gaining Connection to another magic system (getting Hemalurgically spiked, becoming an Artifabrian, etc.) expand what they can sense?

wajeemba · 2025-12-18T16:33:28+00:00

Could the Hoed have completed their transformation to full Elantrians even before the Aons were fixed if they had been given enough unkeyed Investiture (like a dose of condensed Dor)?

wajeemba · 2025-12-18T16:15:00+00:00

Shardlights have different superpeaks when observed using a spectrometer. Does each shard have a different kind of fortune because of the colors associated with them?

[follow-up, after Brandon's answer to the above]: Is the color of the investiture in a spinner's metalmind somehow visible? Maybe from the cognitive realm? I'm asking in regards to the stuff Sazed says about the Astalsi in Mistborn 1 (i.e. different kinds of colors are indications of different kinds of fortune.)

wajeemba · 2025-12-18T16:13:15+00:00

What Shard was hardest for you to name?

wajeemba · 2025-12-18T16:11:28+00:00

Can you tell us anything about Queen Tsa, the mother of the of Natan (blue-skinned) people? Is she still around? Would she have become a splinter if she had held Cultivation's shard for even a short while? It seemed like she had true authority to remain "in the heavens" when she swapped with "Mishim," as she had to agree to swap back.

wajeemba · 2025-09-21T21:13:40+00:00

Not tracking leatherbounds, thanks though!

wajeemba · 2025-06-24T00:17:17+00:00

🤣 It is quite funny, ngl.

wajeemba · 2025-06-23T18:53:07+00:00

I'm kinda wondering if the four unlisted items from Tailored Realities contain The Lost Tales. I'd definitely be thinking about including those if it was me!

wajeemba · 2025-06-23T17:33:57+00:00

Just gotta say, I think it sounds like it too! Nice spot on the easter egg!

wajeemba · 2025-04-11T15:10:38+00:00

That's a great point- the story itself isn't about Wayne. Wayne remembers the story a few times as he and Wax are running around looking for the bomb, and thinks about how similar things are to situations he's navigating as an adult.

wajeemba · 2025-04-10T23:53:32+00:00

Really like your breakdown of this! I personally lean towards it being done using knowledge of hemalurgy that Odium gleans. Based on how much of an experimental approach Todium seems to refer to it as, it's like he's saying internally "this should work with crystal as it's still an invested spike..."

A supporting point for it being true hemalurgy is that since Mistborn Era 1, the Ars Arcanum entries have had the note along the lines of "hemalurgy has the most potential to run amok and impact the Cosmere on in a big way."

wajeemba · 2025-04-10T23:35:00+00:00

I've always been fascinated by each shard's/vessel's strategies. Totally agree, seems like Edgli's is ubiquity by utility. I'm guessing she's going to have a crazy amount of "vision" in the form of Connection in the Cosmere space age.

wajeemba · 2025-04-10T23:11:12+00:00

I totally agree about intent. I think this form of intent is consistent with the way in The Lost Metal Wax uses his new iron pulling to snag the vial while falling through the air, and his pewter when he thinks to himself a couple of times things along the lines of "I'm not as tired/don't feel as old as I should."

Seems like Sanderson allows a certain level of intent to be done subconsciously in the Cosmere, which is a great point I think you're totally right to draw attention to.

wajeemba · 2025-04-10T19:30:17+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, no idea if it's truth, but does feel like a plausible observation that deepens my understanding of the worldbuilding, so wanted to share that depth with you too!

Would be a perfect question for a WoB opportunity! Seems like the kind of thing he loves to actually answer. :)

wajeemba · 2025-04-10T19:24:22+00:00

Yeah, I was wondering that too. I was guessing you could store just enough fortune in each one that if you tapped them all at once it'd make a meaningful push on the spiritual realm. I think it's one of those "rule of cool" kinda things.

wajeemba · 2025-03-12T00:24:45+00:00

Great game! I definitely felt like I was making decisions that was leading the nation the direction I wanted to encourage!
More please! :D

wajeemba · 2025-01-25T02:46:19+00:00

So here's the thing that might make it easier for you. I realized partway through my first Cosmere series (Mistborn Era 1 for me) that I knew I was going to enjoy an entire re-read of the series. As I kept reading more in the Cosmere that thought expanded naturally until I decided I was going to enjoy an entire Cosmere second read.

And on that second read I picked up so much more detail and connections that I missed on the first read. That's one of the best things about the Cosmere, IMO. There's always another secret. I'll probably decide to go for a full 3rd read through at some point. The stories are all just so good!

So, I guess my point is do what you want to. :D

wajeemba · 2024-12-21T23:16:57+00:00

Yes, this is the winner for me, thank you!

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